Shoot the shot before you get a shot
Shot out of view
Shoot the shot before you get a shot
Shot out of view, oh shot

Oh yeah, it's mine, it's mine
Mine, ha, it's mine
This is what I wanna do
And you can't tell me, hey
Gonna give it to you
Oh, it's yours sometimes
But it's mine all the time
And I do what I wanna do

And you can't tell me
That I'm the man, man I'll save it for you
High, my life had been empty
Since you went away
I feel so very lonely
I live from day to day
So shoot the shot before
Get the shot, shot out of view

It's my mess
And I do what I wanna do
I'm a dude who don't talk rude
Who really, really, really don't spend
I'll save a dollar until the eagle grin

I'm trying to get over
Trying get over
Trying get over
I, I, I trying get over
Hey, tryna
Trying to get over
Shoot the shot, ah, shoot the shot, ah
Shoot the shot, ah, shoot the shot, ah
Shoot the shot, shoot the shot
Shoot the shot, ah

Shoot the shot, shoot the shot, ah
Shoot the shot, ah
I'm a dude who don't talk rude
Who really don't, don't spend
I save a dollar 'til the eagle grin

Fred, shoot the shot
Shoot the shot, ah, shoot it, shoot it
Shoot the shot, shoot the shot, shoot the shot
Maceo, shoot the shot
Fred, shoot the shot
Shoot the shot, Maceo
Fred, shoot the shot, Fred
Maceo

Go, get up
Hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it
Ah
Shoot the shot
Shoot it, shoot it, shoot the shot
Shoot the shot, ah
Shoot the shot, ah

Copyright: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): Charles Bobbitt, Fred Wesley, James Brown